The Bar

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:41 am

wha? huh? how? for what?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:41 am

Jesus! Right on, broheme.

Giggs, that reminds me of when I worked as a temp in a research lab at Rockefeller University in New York City and I had to transcribe lots of stuff about research into drugs that might work to get addicts off of crack and herion. The lead researcher liked to dictate on the weekend while sitting poolside with her grandchildren, whom I could hear goofing around in the background, birds twittering, her wine glass clinking, etc...

Temping was a joy, let me tell you.

Off to buy some apricot juuuuuuuice, honey, and lemons. Sniffle.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:43 am

helitack wrote:But you COULD if.......................plus it's probably snowing like crazy up there, wonderful to sit in the middle of nowhere in a hot spring with the snow just swirling about. Jeeebus, what a visual I have now.

Yum, sitting in the Yellowstone River, near dusk, watching the elk grazing on a snowy hill. Not what Heli's talking about, but worth remembering.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:44 am

GuinivereElise wrote:hmmm. we used to do that in MN. Hot tub, then go and roll in the snow... then hot tub...

great for circulation...

Oh and oh so scandinavian. . .

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:50 am

Gawd, ain't hot water great?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:52 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
GuinivereElise wrote:hmmm. we used to do that in MN. Hot tub, then go and roll in the snow... then hot tub...

great for circulation...
Oh and oh so scandinavian. . .

oh yeah, baby.

I'm half sweeeeedis, half norweigen... all the way from Norweig!

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:54 am

Is Norweig near Duluth or Bemidji?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:55 am

Rian Jackson wrote: We had a huge discussion over beer on Christmas about buying vibrators for moms. Never done it, but it's an interesting thought.

Last year at a white elephant gift exchange me and some ranger's mom competed quite vigorously for a vibing prize. Much to the poor boy's embarassment.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:57 am

buckethead alien wrote:Yew know...I have always envied the great range of such items available for women. The few designed for men are pretty useless as far as I can tell.

The MrFishist is the great collector in my family. And remember some toys are for all.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:04 am

buckethead alien wrote:

Off to buy some apricot juuuuuuuice, honey, and lemons. Sniffle.

To all the sick germs: Stay the Fuck away from me! I simply cannot be sick the next two weeks.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:07 am

santa wrote:you sound just like that birdbrain... poof!

hey, what are these things in my drink? Are these fucking Cheezits?

shit. what'a a santa gotta do to get a decent fucking drink around here? Fuck.

Santa's out. Fuck.

Santa's way out. Totally passe.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:09 am

GuinivereElise wrote:are you the Santa Nazi? hey, that'd be a great sock, heli..

that's kinda funny...

Sooner or later it will be teh 4 santas of the apocolypse.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:16 am

Is that like the Soup Nazi only different?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:21 am

I used to be sent to pick up soup from the real soup nazi on West 55th Street in NYC because it was next door to a film lab we used. He really did yell at you if you asked for more bread or failed to move to the side immediately after you ordered. The soup was damn good, though, but what an asshole.

Water's almost up. Yee-hooo.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:26 am

Oh, and just a GENTLE reminder. BORG2 debate and elections at the Odeon on Mission in SF tonite.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:27 am

no soup, please... but a bucket of good scotch would do me very nicely right about now... fucking corporations....

I'm thinking of moving to Death Valley with Heli... or at least near him (sixty, seventy miles... like Beatty, or some place) and just be a desert rat. Sigh....

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:28 am

Sam, what ARE you going to do at the end of the month?? Are you searching for something? Gonna be a nomad?

What gives?

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:30 am

I've been to nyc twice or thrice in my life. Little ole girl from little ole arkansaw, my mouth hung open the entire time I was there.....dumbfounded! We went to a bagel shop where there were as many people in line as in my entire home town.

Now, being a nice southern girl, I take my time about things. And especially in a new place, already on sense-overload, my mind would not give me a decision about what to order........

nyc is full of nazis......line nazis, bagel nazi, cashier nazi. I think I left in tears (and still hungry).

I remember standing on a street corner, near the front of hte horde, and people behind yelling for people in front to move it before hte light even changed!......while a taxi nearly took out a baby stroller, the driver all greasy in a wife beater smoking a cigar, simultaneously honking, sneering, and flipping the baby off......

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:41 am

*bounds in the door with a bag of lemons and a gallon jar of honey from Pike Place Market*

Step aside, please. I need some room. Anyone who's sick, I'm making you some warm sweet goodness, and you're going to drink it and feel better, got it??

*turns on the hottub and opens the cover* For the steam... it's gonna get nice and steamy in here...

*lines up a bunch of mugs on the bar. Pours hot hot water into each mug, squeezes half a lemon into each, two heaping spoons of honey into each, stirring and stirring and stirring*

Here. Now, everyone take one...

I want you to SIP it.. OFTEN. when you're not sipping, keep it close to your face, so you can just bathe in it... your sinuses will thank you.

I have lots more here, too. You're all going to drink these all day long. It should make you feel better...

After you're done with your first one, I'll put a shot of scotch into your next one, deal?

M'kay.... everyone grab a spot under the blanket... this is immune system rehab day...

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:42 am

GuinivereElise wrote:Sam, what ARE you going to do at the end of the month?? Are you searching for something? Gonna be a nomad?
What gives?

I've got several feelers (feelies?) out right now, but nobody is nibbling. I have my resume in five different places but it has basically started this week... last week was a weird week in Portland.

It drives me nuts that, on the one hand, I do a good job wherever I work, but on the other hand, I piss people off when I do it. I'm not a political animal and I'm terrible at kissing ass (as you may have noticed, having spent more than five minutes with me) so that my personal references all read like an comparison survey (he's a good worker, however don't get in his way; He gets things done, but he doesn't work well with idiots).

Aw, fuck that. I'll find something... something where I won't have to say, "Do you want fries with that?"

More scotch, please...

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:45 am

You want crazy New Yorkers? Check out the New York area Burning Man listserv. Sheesh. No wonder I spend all my time talking to People from Seattle, SF, Arky-saw, Portland, Detroit, and -282 fer cripessake.

All right, time to go proofread. Why they trust me with this shit, I don't know. Oh yeah, it's my company. Duh.

You're fired! All of you!!

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:50 am

*pulls up middle of never-ending blanket and leaps underneath, lemon drink, pages, and all*

thanks for the drinky GE but make my next one with tequilla, please. Mexico, you know.

see ya!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:51 am

sheesh.. BHA... I make you these nice drinkies, and you fire me??

I see where a little kindness gets me...

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:53 am

samtzu wrote:
GuinivereElise wrote:Sam, what ARE you going to do at the end of the month?? Are you searching for something? Gonna be a nomad?
What gives?
I've got several feelers (feelies?) out right now, but nobody is nibbling. I have my resume in five different places but it has basically started this week... last week was a weird week in Portland.

It drives me nuts that, on the one hand, I do a good job wherever I work, but on the other hand, I piss people off when I do it. I'm not a political animal and I'm terrible at kissing ass (as you may have noticed, having spent more than five minutes with me) so that my personal references all read like an comparison survey (he's a good worker, however don't get in his way; He gets things done, but he doesn't work well with idiots).

Aw, fuck that. I'll find something... something where I won't have to say, "Do you want fries with that?"

More scotch, please...

Good luck in your hunt Sam I will keep my eyes open for ya. Job hunting sucks and then once you find a job it usually takes about 1 month before you realize it is horrible but by then you are trapped.

Jason

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:58 am

samtzu wrote:no soup, please... but a bucket of good scotch would do me very nicely right about now... fucking corporations....

I'm thinking of moving to Death Valley with Heli... or at least near him (sixty, seventy miles... like Beatty, or some place) and just be a desert rat. Sigh....

What kind of work do you do, Sam? Things are starting to ramp up again down here. Companies are advertizing again for positions on the radio during rush hour. One tech company yesterday was sounding like they were ramping the entire company up and were hiring "in all areas of the company".

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:10 am

geekster wrote:
samtzu wrote:no soup, please... but a bucket of good scotch would do me very nicely right about now... fucking corporations....

I'm thinking of moving to Death Valley with Heli... or at least near him (sixty, seventy miles... like Beatty, or some place) and just be a desert rat. Sigh....
What kind of work do you do, Sam? Things are starting to ramp up again down here. Companies are advertizing again for positions on the radio during rush hour. One tech company yesterday was sounding like they were ramping the entire company up and were hiring "in all areas of the company".

Very little technical skill.... although I can run just about any program once I'm trained, but who wants to spend money on training? Sales and personnel management have been my forte's for years... advertising on the radio, eh... that's when they're desperate for bodies... I've got family down there... maybe I'll get them to check shit out for me.... I hate not "doing something"... Thanks, Geekster

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:13 am

BORG2 debate and elections at the Odeon on Mission in SF

ah yes, ethnocentric democracy at it's finest

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:14 am

masacre Ziggy Stardust for me

way out of my range. Now, if there is any barry white you need done, I'm your man.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:31 am

Never thought I'd have to do this but
BUMP!!!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:33 am

where was it, Fishie? I thought I was keeping a good eye on it (damned customers, thinking that I'm here to help them...)